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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Local School Councils need YOU as a candidate

Tomorrow is the NEW extended deadline for LSC elections. Thousands of slots remian open.
The map doesn't specify the need, but these include parent representatives (who can live anywhere in the city, as long as a child is a student), but also community representaives (who live within the school's immediate area. Contact the school for details). Community reps can include grandparents who do NOT have custody of a student in the school, but they need to live within the boundaries.

In the 6th Ward, these include (according to the map):

Deneen

Dixon

Ashe

Neill

McDade (surprisingly!)

Gillespie

Harlan

Bennett

Lenart (also a surpise)

Westcott

IDOC/Healy HS (8007 S. Cottage Grove)

Harvard

Yale

Parker

Banneker

Robseson

Kershaw

Reed

Hinton

You may also run in OTHER schools, such as Ruggles or Burnside, but they have at least have enough candidates to fill open slots, but a CIVIL election with more options is preferred. These elections do NOT have to be like our recent local elections. Not at all -- but rather ways for parents to see other motivated leaders they can choose from to help their school.

It's a surprise because these schools are literally in the top 2% in this state. And so, these type of schools should have MORE than enough candidates willing to step up. But according to the CPS map as of the original deadline, they did NOT have enough candidates to fill all of their LSC slots. The map doesn't say who's missing (i.e. is it a parent or community rep.?) But again, for these elite schools, it shouldn't be a struggle to find replacements for open slots.

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